Schopenhauerism

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[shoh-puhn-hou-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊ əˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.

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Etymology

Origin of Schopenhauerism

First recorded in 1880–85; Schopenhauer + -ism

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Schopenhauerism

But Schopenhauerism might easily have ruined Tristan—did not ruin it only because Wagner himself, when writing it, was consumed with a fervour of passion that is the negation of Schopenhauerism.

From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.

Fancy what it might have been, this long exposition of sheer Schopenhauerism in three dramas and a fore-play! imagine what Parry or Stanford or Mackenzie would have made of it!

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.